Disclaimer: Katekyou Hitman Reborn! belongs to Akira Amano and all owners respectively. This is only a fanfic.

Summary: Love is an unstable concept, different in the minds of every individual. To Shiki, though, it was something that mattered above all else. It was beyond reality, beyond time and space, beyond death. There are some things that can actually be real if they reach the right person, and Shiki seemed to be just right for this phenomenon.

Warnings: Sexual implications, light violence (mostly on Reborn's part)

Bullet 01: Daily Love

"N-Ngh…Shiki-san, you don't have to…"

"You're a dirty boy, Tsuna. Take off your clothes so I can do this properly."

"A-Ah! It's hot!"

"Just slide inside, Tsuna. See? Doesn't that feel nice? All warm and wet…"

"I'm…not sure I'll be able to do this right."

"That's okay, I'll take care of everything. Just lie down and relax. I'll do it for you."

"Ahh…That feels nice…"

"I'm going to start picking up the pace, Tsuna. Are you ready?"

"Hiii! I-I'm not –! Wait, stop!"

"Just a little more, Tsuna. You're close."

"Stop it already! It's embarrassing. W-We shouldn't be doing something like this; what if Kaa-san walks in on us?"

"She'll understand. We used to do this all the time in the past, Tsuna. In fact, you were often the one that instigated it. What's the harm now?"

"I-I…I'm getting out!"

"Huh? Wait, Tsuna! If you're that close to being finished and you get out now –Kyaaa!"

"Sh-Shiki-san! I'm sorry, I got it all over you!"

"It's okay, Tsuna. No big deal."

"B-But you're all wet…"

"Tsu-kun? Shiki-chan?"

Tsuna jumped out of the water and grabbed a towel. "K-Kaa-san!"

Nana peeked her head into the bathroom and giggled at the sight. "Aren't you two a little bit too old to bathe together?"

"But we're not, Kaa-san. I'm just helping Tsuna." Shiki stood up from her kneeling position next to the bathtub. Her clothes were drenched with so much hot water that stuck to her body and bubbles were in her hair from Tsuna's splashes while trying to avoid her.

"Tsuna fell onto his desk this morning and got ink all over him when his pens spontaneously exploded. I tried to help him clean himself since he couldn't reach some places on his own."

"Why, that's very nice, Shiki-chan. You're such a nice girl," Nana smiled. "Tsu-kun, did you thank her for her assistance?"

Tsuna, who was by now picking up his clothes with a beet-red face, awkwardly looked at his 'helper.' "T-Thank you, Shiki-san. I'm sorry I splashed you when I was trying to get out…"

Nana clapped her hands together. "You two are so silly! Come downstairs when you're ready and eat some breakfast. Tsu-kun, make sure you leave for school on time."

"Yes, Kaa-san. Right away."

"Oh no, I'm going to be late! Thank you, Kaa-san!"

Tsuna rushed out of the room.

"Tsuna, don't go too fast or you'll –"

THUMP. THUMP. THUMP. THUMP.

"…Fall down the stairs…"

Nana shook her head in exasperation. "My, my. I have a no-good son…"

Shiki looked at the woman with a sweet smile. "Maybe, but he'll never have to worry about getting married anyways, so it doesn't really matter in the love department."

"Mm." Nana made a sound of agreement. "It's nice that I never have to doubt whether or not I'll have cute grandchildren. Please be a good wife to Tsu-kun, Shiki-chan. I give you my blessing!"

Shiki grinned cutely. "Thank you, Kaa-san!"

The two females walked down the stairs to see Tsuna screaming in pain while being tortured by a…baby.

Nana blinked. "Oh my. Are you a lost child?"

"Ciaossu," the baby smirked up at them. "I am the home tutor, Reborn!"

Tsuna looked at him oddly before bursting out laughing. "B-But you're just a baby! This has to be a joke!"

Cue Reborn smashing Tsuna into the ground.

Shiki frowned that the treatment of her promised-to-be husband, but giggled charmingly nonetheless. "I don't think tutors are hired to beat up their students, Reborn," she said jokingly.

Reborn stared at Shiki for a moment before smirking. "I'm different."

"Not as much as you think you are," Shiki muttered so quietly most people wouldn't have heard.

"Excuse me?" Then again, Reborn wasn't most people.

"I said: thank you for agreeing to help Tsuna with his education! I hope we have a nice relationship," Shiki replied, all sparkles and rainbows. Then she turned to a tortured Tsuna, a bright smile on her face. "Tsuna, let's go to school now."

"Y-Yeah…Hiiieee! I'm late!" Tsuna exclaimed, quickly getting up and rushing out the door. Shiki giggled at his hurry and followed him out, leaving behind the mother and tutor.

Reborn cocked his head at the scene that just took place. "Shiki wasn't wearing the Namimori Middle School uniform. She wasn't wearing any school uniform, actually. Does she go to a different school?"

Nana blinked at the question. "Shiki-chan doesn't go to school, Reborn-chan. She never has and never plans to."

"I would've expected an independent girl like her to pursue an education, though. She seems very bright," Reborn noted. He looked at Shiki's back as the two ran off. There had been a genuine smile of pure joy on her face when she followed Tsuna out of the house. "Why doesn't she go for it?"

"I don't really know!" Nana replied ditzily. Reborn felt the urge to sweatdrop. But he didn't because he was cool like that.

Reborn shrugged, putting Shiki to the back of his mind, and quickly went after the two, meeting up with them quickly because they weren't moving. He briefly wondered why they had stopped, but then he saw the cute girl that Tsuna was stuttering to.

Ah, a crush.

Tsuna's face was red, but in a happy way. Reborn could practically feel the waves of adoration coming from the boy. Sasagawa Kyoko was the school idol and Tsuna's obsession since little. In fact, she was the only reason he even went to school. It was only natural that he was so nervous around her.

Reborn decided to interrupt just for the awkwardness. "Ciaossu."

Kyoko started sparkling. "Oh, what a cute baby! Is he your little brother, Tsuna-san?"

Tsuna flailed his arms around in denial. "N-No way! Why would you think that? We look nothing alike!"

"Well, he could be adopted like Shiki-san," Kyoko mused.

Suddenly, Shiki, who had stayed silent up until now, laughed as if Kyoko had just told a joke. Kyoko and Tsuna looked at her curiously. "Sasagawa, I'm not adopted."

"Eh?" Kyoko tilted her head in confusion. "Forgive me then, Shiki-san. I'm sorry for assuming. It's just that Tsuna-san and you live together and spend a lot of time together, so I thought you two were family members."

"We're not," Shiki's eyes glinted in a way the made Reborn cautious of her, "At least, not yet."

Tsuna glanced nervously between the two conversing girls. Reborn scoffed. The teenage boy was obviously freaking out because he was paranoid that the two girls were secretly fighting in girl language or something about him. How narcissistic.

"Okay than," Kyoko smiled, "I'm sorry again. Bye Tsuna-san, Kyoko-san, Reborn-chan!" She waved back to them as she made her way to school.

There was silence for a moment. When had it gotten so awkward? Tsuna actually had the nerve to speak up.

"Shiki-san, we should get going too," he suggested.

Shiki reluctantly disagreed with Tsuna and smiled apologetically. "You go on ahead, Tsuna. I want to go home and get a head start on washing the ink out of your pajamas. Do you think you'll be okay?"

"Oh, okay. Yeah."

She smiled, but Reborn suddenly felt something.

Something very wrong.

"Well, then, I'll be going! Goodbye, Tsuna. Take care of him for me, okay Reborn?"

Reborn could do nothing but stare at the girl as she walked away, feeling as if he had missed something very, very important.

Hello. I am Strange-Company.

I know, I know. Shiki seems to be completely normal right now. Sorry, but I don't plan for her to be completely insane during the Daily Life Arc, mostly because it's a fairly carefree time and Shiki doesn't need to get serious. Sorry if you wanted some action fast, but, as Shiki would say: "Love works in strange ways." I actually don't plan for her to go all out yandere until it gets really serious.

Oh! And before I forget, I'm accepting questions! Feel free to review or PM me with one or more questions regarding Shiki, the story, or anything. I'll answer one question per chapter (there's going to be quite a few chapters considering how short I make them) and write my answers down in my ANs. For the sake of privacy, I won't say who asked them or what the question was. I'll simply restate it in my answer.

Questions:

1. Yes, the "Bermuda-kun" in Bullet 00 was in fact THE Bermuda. The Vindice will unfortunately not be properly address until way into the story, though, so don't expect much development in that area for now.

Please review. Your opinions mean a lot to me!

Thank you.